SHOWCASE
THE FAMILY ROOM – OPEN Auditions by Appointment
Ethos Performing Arts Inc & Steve Margetis (NYC) Showcase, approval pending; $250 Stipend.
Playwright: Aron Eli Coleite
Director: Gwenyth Reitz
Artistic Director: Christos Alexandrou
Casting Director: Ioanna Chasta
Rehearses late August–September 28, some days, evenings and weekends.
Performs Thur–Sat nights and Sun Matinees 9/29 – 10/23/11
OPEN Auditions by APPOINTMENT:
Friday, July 15, 2011 Audition Location TBD
Times TBD New York City, NY
Auditions are held by appointment only (there are a limited number of audition slots available). To schedule an appointment and to receive sides for the audition email your time preference to Ethos Performing Arts Casting Director Ioanna Chasta at:
auditionforethos@aol.com.
Actors will read from sides. Sides will be provided upon scheduling an appointment. Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.
Deadline to request an appointment is Monday July 11th
The Family Room
One Family, Five Therapists
Synopsis: Fifteen year-old David is in therapy. His father, a therapist, is also in therapy. His father's therapist is also in therapy, seeing the same therapist who is seeing David's mother. This therapist is seeing the same therapist as David who is seeing the therapist seeing David's father. The play takes an intimate look at the hearts of the people we trust with our minds.
David:
15. Prototypical American youth. Rebel with a cause, with a penchant for delinquent activities. The i-Generation. He’s disillusioned with school, life and his two therapist parents. He’s the problem they can’t fix.
Dr. Campbell:
40s. Male. Professional. A Child Psychiatrist, and David’s father. A dedicated workaholic. Cerebral. Too cerebral. He has a hard time seeing past the clinical. As someone who advertises about being able to help troubled teens, nothing is more embarrassing to his practice and his reputation than the behavior of his own son.
Dr. Tate-Campbell:
40s. Female. Professional. A Child Psychologist and David’s mother. Hyphenated. Indecisive. Incomplete. Without even realizing it she lets her husband make the calls. She’s cut off from herself and doesn’t know it yet.
Dr. Goodwin:
Mid - Late 20s. Young Woman. Eager. Ironic. Just starting her own Psychiatry practice post graduate school. She struggles with being “too textbook”, and inexperienced. Despite her fears of being “too green” she may be the best therapist you’ve ever had.
Dr. Schwartz:
40s plus. Psychologist. Cocky. Sure of himself. A rock star in his own mind who has lots of luck with the ladies. He also has a keen instinct, a lot of experience and knows how to help his patients. Addicted to pain killers. Workaholic. Ego-aholic.
Dr. Durant:
60s plus. Psychologist. Salt of the Earth. No nonsense. She’s seen it all and she’ll tell you straight. Grandmother-esque. A fighter. Ferocious. Dying. She struggles to analyze her own life, her relationship with her children, and her impact in the face of terminal cancer.
Jennifer:
15. Bi-polar disorder. Emotional disorder. Connective disorder. Disordered. Her blasé demeanor is a cover up for a deep well of hurt. You knew Jennifer. She went to your high school. She was the one in the corner hiding behind her hair. A little too wired. Stand offish. A loner in deep need of a friend.
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